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Money Box: Tax Cuts, Housing Costs and Paying at the Pump

25/11/2023

Tax Cuts, Housing Costs and Paying at the Pump

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, Tax Cuts, Housing Costs and Paying at the Pump

Paul Lewis discusses tax cuts and local housing allowance after the Autumn Statement.

Why do some supermarkets, temporarily, take more money than you spend when you pay for petrol at the pump?

We'll take a closer look at what the Autumn Statement means for your personal finances. On Wednesday the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, made announcements about tax, pensions and benefits.  With his top takeaways, Paul Lewis talks tax cuts and the unfreezing of the local housing allowance.

A listener went into a filling station to put just enough petrol in her car to leave her enough money to buy food for the family dinner.  Then, the petrol station ringfenced the cost of a full tank and although she spent a fraction of that, the rest was not released for two days.  Why did that happen and what can she do?

And the new global report from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners which says reports of financial abuse of vulnerable clients is increasing.  

Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Sandra Hardial
Researcher: Jo Krasner
Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast, 12noon Saturday 25th November 2023)

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